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policy, traditions of american foreign policy. i was so used to covering it from the street level. this time sucked me in. the characters are amazing. it is something out of a novel. you have clay, lincoln's minister in russia. he walks around with knives dangling from his waistband and picking fights. johnave the grandson of adams, who is in london, a pretty competent diplomat. you have lincoln's minister in paris, who ended up dying in what the lincoln biographer referred to as the apartment of a woman not his wife. his body had to be smuggled back . this is an incredible cast of characters. and you have lincoln at the center of it all, a figure of enduring interest. close bank -- grew in the position as far as foreign policy was concerned. guest: his first term in congress a one-sided with almost the end of the mexican war, america's first full-scale conflict on foreign sale -- soil. lincoln's first public act was to oppose the mexican war. he stood up and gave this speech in congress challenging president polk. this was his fo
policy, traditions of american foreign policy. i was so used to covering it from the street level. this time sucked me in. the characters are amazing. it is something out of a novel. you have clay, lincoln's minister in russia. he walks around with knives dangling from his waistband and picking fights. johnave the grandson of adams, who is in london, a pretty competent diplomat. you have lincoln's minister in paris, who ended up dying in what the lincoln biographer referred to as the apartment...
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we are too close to experiment with foreign policy. , sit with havee your salon in a closed room and he will tell you. solanaierre in a closed room and he will tell you. i think everyone must understand the dangers of this happening. if you try engagement, keep it short. perspective from former ambassador dore gold. that was an event we covered for booktv four years ago. out agreement worked yesterday in geneva switzerland between the u.s. and our allies china, russia and the european union. again, the headline from "the hill" newspaper. this is a first step. let me just summarize a couple of points at the white house sent to us late last night. iran is halting its enrichment program about five percent. it has also committed to neutralizing its stockpile of 20% uranium. iran has committed to halt progress on the growth of its stockpiles.h one other point from the white house we should mention. according to this agreement, the sanction on oil will reign in effect for the short-term. next is ralph joining us this morning from north carolina. good morning. caller: i think that a short-
we are too close to experiment with foreign policy. , sit with havee your salon in a closed room and he will tell you. solanaierre in a closed room and he will tell you. i think everyone must understand the dangers of this happening. if you try engagement, keep it short. perspective from former ambassador dore gold. that was an event we covered for booktv four years ago. out agreement worked yesterday in geneva switzerland between the u.s. and our allies china, russia and the european union....
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foreign policy challenges in the second obama administration. ambassador dennis ross among the speakers live at 12:15 p.m. eastern. president obama continues his travels. he is speaking today in california at the dreamworks studio. you can watch his remarks live .hat 3:15 politico reports the white house is defending the president visit to dreamworks. it says the dreamworks animation ceo strong political support for president obama had "no bearing" on the white house decision to schedule a presidential visit. k av
foreign policy challenges in the second obama administration. ambassador dennis ross among the speakers live at 12:15 p.m. eastern. president obama continues his travels. he is speaking today in california at the dreamworks studio. you can watch his remarks live .hat 3:15 politico reports the white house is defending the president visit to dreamworks. it says the dreamworks animation ceo strong political support for president obama had "no bearing" on the white house decision to...
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i used to be a diehard but my priorities have changed seeing as how the country has changed foreign policy. i thought at least obama, even though i voted third party after ron paul and after what republicans did to ron paul, the convention was totally disgusting, i left the party -- the their priority neocons took over republican party, which is a jewish obama is still being andby the nose by netanyahu they run our congress and it is horrible. >> who do you think are the big ,nfluencers on this white house outside the political realm? rachel's point, they are in strong opposition with obama on the iran deal. whether or not in six months ago, where obama is on that deal, will in some ways reveal how much pressure is being from some pro-israel groups and the israeli government. governs in an insular way. that is a phrase used a lot. his own counsel. he listens to a small group of people. he pays attention to the democratic base. he has been raising a lot of money for midterm elections, which makes him responsive quite a bit to democratic concerns. he pays careful attention to israel and its
i used to be a diehard but my priorities have changed seeing as how the country has changed foreign policy. i thought at least obama, even though i voted third party after ron paul and after what republicans did to ron paul, the convention was totally disgusting, i left the party -- the their priority neocons took over republican party, which is a jewish obama is still being andby the nose by netanyahu they run our congress and it is horrible. >> who do you think are the big ,nfluencers...
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on the foreign-policy front. from "the washington post." between the afghan president and 2500 liters. the elders endorsed an agreement. the story notes that karzai remained defiant. he said he wants additional assurances. that piece from today's "washington post." also in several newspapers today. one other piece. front-page page piece -- the latest on the affordable care act. to discuss that story and other issues, one of the authors of that piece will be joining us this morning on one of our later segments. we have a few more minutes in this segment to ask the question, what does public service me to you? maple city, michigan on our democrats line. i'm 69 years old. i was a sophomore in college when kennedy got killed and public service was a big thing then. service isublic provided by every public president since harry truman. i don't know that it should be mandatory, but i think something should be done in the tax code to help people to do public service for the government. maybe some educational vouchers or something like that. it wou
on the foreign-policy front. from "the washington post." between the afghan president and 2500 liters. the elders endorsed an agreement. the story notes that karzai remained defiant. he said he wants additional assurances. that piece from today's "washington post." also in several newspapers today. one other piece. front-page page piece -- the latest on the affordable care act. to discuss that story and other issues, one of the authors of that piece will be joining us this...
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libya.the dictator in his foreign-policy is untouchable. the only reason why we don't have solid numbers on the domestic front as far as our economy and the recovery are concerned is because we have a confederate congress, and obama hating confederate congress in the republican tea party who are blocking everything this man is trying to do as far as getting us jobs. the republicans should never ever be allowed anywhere near the white house. if we could get rid of all the republicans that we have, especially the old ones that we have in this country, this country would be much further ,long as far as progress infrastructure, jobs. we have the best president we could ask for and history will show that. he is not rushmore material. host: that is henry from michigan. this is from jim on twitter. we look at the "washington post turcotte democratic party a revivedat from left. let's go to columbus, ohio. our independent line. elkald? let's go to grove, illinois and lawrence on our republican line. question about governors making better presidents
libya.the dictator in his foreign-policy is untouchable. the only reason why we don't have solid numbers on the domestic front as far as our economy and the recovery are concerned is because we have a confederate congress, and obama hating confederate congress in the republican tea party who are blocking everything this man is trying to do as far as getting us jobs. the republicans should never ever be allowed anywhere near the white house. if we could get rid of all the republicans that we...
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we have heard about the obama administration shifting foreign-policy concerns and strategy to the asia-pacific. sea fall section of into those plans? guest: absolutely. this is the center of what the americans are worried about. as you mentioned, there is this rebalance that is going on. americans are intending to send -- to shift the u.s. naval forces, which are 50/50 between the atlantic and pacific, they are planning to move about 50% of the u.s. naval forces into the asia-pacific region. and have been building up modernizing the u.s. military forces in this region over the last couple of years. military,re powerful newer and more technologically advanced warships. this buildup is going on. it has the chinese concern. host: you said that you were on the george washington. why were you on? aest: they were finishing up joint exercise between the japanese and american militaries. this is an annual exercise that has been going on since 1980. it gets bigger every year. it was a big exercise this year. about 25 u.s. japanese and warships were operating just southernnear the islands. parts of this
we have heard about the obama administration shifting foreign-policy concerns and strategy to the asia-pacific. sea fall section of into those plans? guest: absolutely. this is the center of what the americans are worried about. as you mentioned, there is this rebalance that is going on. americans are intending to send -- to shift the u.s. naval forces, which are 50/50 between the atlantic and pacific, they are planning to move about 50% of the u.s. naval forces into the asia-pacific region....